Season Preview: Queensland Superkarts
The Queensland Superkart season kicks off later this month at the daunting Lakeside circuit. Who’s running what this year? The Qld Superkart Club has prepared this preview.
Media Release
COVID Capers at NZ Mainland Double-Header
Changes to COVID restrictions midway through a two-day double-header across two venues didn’t stop the Kiwis from getting the racing done.
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Positive Shakedown for CRG Team in Adria
Team PR – The opening round of the WSK Master at Adria last weekend was the first outing for nearly the whole CRG team, which competed in all four categories, Mini, Junior, Ok and KZ.
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Team PR: Richardson Motorsport @ GPS-1
Richardson Motorsport’s all-girl lineup of Charlee and Erin Richardson contested the opening round of the Golden Power Series last weekend, carding a pole and podium along the way.
Team PR: DJM at Golden Power Round
The DJM Race Engineering team had 16 drivers contest the opening round of the Golden Power Series at Rochester and enjoyed a clean sweep of the TaG Restricted Heavy class thanks to Brett Jenkin.
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Big Interest as Mainland Series Re-Boots
Event Preview: one of the first victims of last year’s COVID-19 lockdown, Kartsport New Zealand’s Mainland Series has over 60 karters signed up for the three weekend/six round series that kicks off with a double-header this weekend.
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Driver PR: Ashton’s Ups & Downs at Rochy
Having moved from Cadet 12 to KA4 Junior Light, Ashton Ardley was looking to make a strong start to the new race season. But Rochester’s Golden Power Series round threw up some challenges.
Driver PR: Alexander Yoannidis, Rochester Recovery
Alexander Yoannidis headed to the opening round of the Golden Power Series at the Rochester Kart Club looking to make a name for himself, but a heat 1 DNF interrupted the progress.
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Driver PR: New Package for Aiden Schweikert
With a new kart and new season, Cadet 12 racer Aiden Schweikert was ready to make a statement to start the 2021 season at the opening round of the Golden Power Series
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Driver PR: No Reward for Stapleton’s Strong Start
Cooper Stapleton has been a front runner in the Cadet 9 class for a few seasons, but 2021 is a new year and a new challenge and his first full season in Cadet 12.
Driver PR: James Ceveri, Golden Power Podium
James Ceveri, after a tough COVID affected 2020, headed to the opening round of the Golden Power Series at the Rochester Go Kart Club looking to start 2021 on a high note.
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Perez, Ferrer & Moya Complete CRG’s Lineup
With the 2021 season about to start, the CRG Racing Team has made official the last pieces to complete the team’s new driver line-up, announcing three Spanish drivers in Mini, OK Junior and OK.
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Leclerc by Lennox Racing Wins Adria
Team PR – The Leclerc by Lennox Racing team won at its seasonal debut on the Adria Karting Raceway circuit with Viktor Gustavsson, who dominated the KZ2 final.
Loeskow Starts Title Defence With A Win
Troy Loeskow’s defence of the Australian KZ2 Championship kicked off with a win at Ipswich last night, while there were plenty of new winners in the other classes. Here’s the official race report from round 1. (UPDATE: link to Championship points added)
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Tony Kart Announces 2021 Drivers & Schedule
The factory Tony Kart Racing Team has announced its driver lineup and event schedule for international events in 2021.
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Preview: AKC Round 1 at Ipswich
Despite Victorians unable to access Queensland, the opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship will still boast over 260 entries at Ipswich this Friday and Saturday.
Bridgestone & MG for Euro & Worlds
The FIA World Motor Sport Council has confirmed Bridgestone and MG will supply tyres for the 2021 international karting season.
Team Report: TWM at Ipswich
The Tom Williamson Motorsport team is looking forward to the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship after an encouraging whirlwind trip to Ipswich on the weekend.
Interview: Freya Normann, Female Jnr Academy Driver
Very active in the promotion of women in motor sport, the Danish Federation had the honour of seeing young driver Freya Normann selected to take part in the 2020 FIA Karting Academy Trophy.
Interview: Antonio Fuoco
Open wheel racer Antonio Fuoco made a return to karts in 2020, racing a Charles Leclerc chassis in the KZ World Championship.
Interview: Ricardo Patrese, Ex Karter & F1 Racer
Ricardo Patrese contested 256 Grands Prix and won the 1974 karting World Championship. His son Lorenzo has been racing karts the past 4 years. Ricardo spoke with FIA karting.
FIA Best Of – Tyres
LeCont, MG and Vega respond to questions posed by FIA Karting about the challenges of the 2020 race season.
Lawson Licks ‘Em at City of Sails
He came, he saw, he conquered – on his return to the sport, New Zealand racing driver Liam Lawson won two classes at Auckland’s City of Sails Two-Day Challenge.
Interview: Cédric Goudant, Engine Tuner
Cédric Goudant is a former driver who is now a championship winning engine tuner through his Cédric Sport Motors business.
AKC Opener Reschedule Confirmed
Karting Australia has confirmed the opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship will now take place on February 19 & 20 at Ipswich. For classes that have vacancies, entries will re-open on February 1st (Monday).